We are getting very close to the start of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is only 50 days to go to the Olympic Opening ceremonies and 83 until the Paralympic Games.
During the last 1.5 years we have done several trips to Rio and Juiz de Fora (our training camp location in Brazil, located ~160km NE of Rio), visiting during all the seasons of the year. Our last visit to Rio and Juiz de Fora was just a few weeks ago in May 2016 for the test events – hence waiting to send the most up-to-date information now. Team health and performance (in that order) are of the utmost importance to us. Accordingly, there are a couple of things we would like to address with this letter: 1) The risk of different mosquito borne viruses; 2) The facilities for the Games and our pre-Games camp in Juiz de Fora.
